The announcement comes just hours after the Defense Ministry made an announcement that the crossings would remain closed, amid warnings that the strip’s power supply was on the verge of being completely cut off. The European Commission says it was told Israel might resume the shipments tomorrow.

Indeed, intermittent rocket fire has come out of the strip in the week since the Israeli raid, and one hit Israeli soil today, doing no damage and causing no injuries. Without any specific information on the production of Qassam rockets, there is no evidence or even plausible suspicion that the power that would’ve been consumed by 800,000 Gazans was secretly diverted by Hamas to the launching of that rocket, however.